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811.
by beloch 7y ago
A plethora of problems plaguing democratic countries (not just the U.S.) stem from money having too much influence over politics, which was a problem for democracy even in ancient Greece. You might happen to agree with Soros and Koch on thi
812.
by beloch 7y ago
It's not cypherpunk at all, but it's cyberpunk in spades! The world switching to corporate currency is like something out of a 80's/90's William Gibson novel.
813.
by beloch 7y ago
I can't blame you for being suspicious, but in this case we have both a significant anniversary of Tianamen Square and a major protest in Hong Kong that are probably driving news sources. You should probably look at the issue behind th
814.
by beloch 7y ago
I wonder if we're about to see another big wave of emigration from Hong Kong, like the one that occurred in the decade before Britain handed over HK to Chinese control. Anyone who grew up in the 80's/90's in commonwealt
815.
by beloch 7y ago
If you're trying to justify the practice of blind auditions, it might be better to target a different prejudice. Sexism may well not be a significant factor in hiring musicians today, but it's likely that other prejudices persi
816.
by beloch 8y ago
Goldman Sachs does nothing that fails to profit Goldman Sachs. This might be just PR, in which case the code could be useful for some. However, they may be doing this is because they found something that they can exploit if other people ar
817.
by beloch 8y ago
There are a couple mentions of Canada's dairy supply management system, which the U.S. recently pushed hard for the elimination of in the recent NAFTA 2.0 talks. (Note: Concessions were made, but dairy supply management was not elimin
818.
by beloch 8y ago
War and Peace reminds me of David Lynch's "Dune". Aspects of it are utterly brilliant. Perhaps unsurpassed. As a whole though, it suffers from the effects of poor decisions. Tolstoy famously said that he didn't even c
819.
by beloch 8y ago
What has the Rainbow Warrior III been up to? The Wikipedia entry makes it sound like it's just doing press junket runs. "After its launch in Bremerhaven, Germany, the new Rainbow Warrior toured ports in Europe (Hamburg, Amsterdam
820.
by beloch 8y ago
This is, honestly, better than the article that started this discussion!
821.
by beloch 8y ago
In the early 2000's I worked on some Fortran-77 code that we were parallelizing (As a babe, this was my first experience with Fortran-77). We were having strange bugs because it seemed like some MPI calls were just not happening and o
822.
by beloch 8y ago
Apple and Google seem to have approached removing the headphone jack, not as a way to reduce costs to the customer by eliminating an obsolete feature they don't use but, instead, as a way to increase the money they can squeeze out of c
823.
by beloch 8y ago
You might consider asking why so many of the greatest cyberpunk authors abandoned the genre. Many science fiction authors idealistically try to produce stories they feel society needs to hear at a given point rather than just retreading ge
824.
by beloch 8y ago
"After Philco was purchased by Ford Motor Company, the Model 212 was introduced in 1962[19] and released in 1963. It had 65,535 words of 48-bit memory. Initially made with 6-microsecond core memory, it had better performance than the I
825.
by beloch 8y ago
I remain to be convinced that Apple or Samsung are any more trustworthy than Huawei. It's all made in China. While these manufacturers may not be sneaking backdoors into devices, since this might be caught, they likely are being comp
826.
by beloch 8y ago
Some profs definitely try to look the part so that students are less intimidated and actually ask questions. For some reason, mad scientists with wacky hair are approachable. It's a good thing the physicists in this article helped cre
827.
by beloch 8y ago
Considering the speed at which metrologists create new standards, we'll be about three iterations into the infinite loop by the end of the century.
828.
by beloch 8y ago
I like to commend my American friends for their undying loyalty to the memory of the Empire. U.S. customary units are derived from units that helped the British conquer the world, but even the British themselves have shamelessly abandoned
829.
by beloch 8y ago
Well, at least they didn't start another famine[1]... this time. Question: How does Goldman Sachs still get away with this stuff? Due to their lengthy rap sheet, multiple governments and every law enforcement agency in the worl
830.
by beloch 8y ago
Back pain can be caused by so many things that what works for one person will likely not work for another. However, here is something that helped end my back problems which were of a type that may be fairly common in North America: When be
831.
by beloch 8y ago
It always pays to look at the alternatives. Sometimes the latest isn't the greatest. Unfortunately, time is particularly cruel to computing hardware and software. Downgrading to an old laptop is, at best, a temporary fix. The au
832.
by beloch 8y ago
How Canada interfaces with the rest of the world promises to be a bit screwy. For just one example, consider airline staff. Some Canadian airlines have already banned employees from using pot. Obviously, the general public doesn't wa
833.
by beloch 8y ago
"Later this fall, they are launching Callisto for founders. Callisto detects serial perpetrators of sexual coercion and assault, and connects survivors to each other and their options for taking action to protect their community. Found
834.
by beloch 8y ago
Spill trays, albeit without the gutter, used to be a common feature, but they were a casualty of the thinness wars. A super-thin spill try can't hold much liquid, so what's the point? I like this solution from Lenovo. Being able
835.
by beloch 8y ago
For those that didn't watch: A laptop with a bent LCD backlight connector pin is taken to an Apple store. The staff notices that the humidity indicators have changed color, so warranty is voided. To fix it, they want to replace sever
836.
by beloch 8y ago
The best blend of quality and convenience I've found so far is a french press. They're less fiddly and messy than an aeropress (I own one and never use it), cheaper than a drip machine, easy to clean, and produce good coffee. Th
837.
by beloch 8y ago
You know what helps products last longer and reduces waste at the same time? Repairability . The repairability of apple products is so poor that even Apple can't fix most of their own products without replacing surprisingly large port
838.
by beloch 8y ago
Q: Why not just use a topo map? People who have problems with steep hills have probably learned to use a topo map to avoid bad routes. Give them the sort of map they're used to looking at instead of something totally new.
839.
by beloch 8y ago
Performance... Style... Price... Reliability . Reliability is not just a part of performance. When it comes to cars, reliability is its own category and it's every bit as important as the others. How many cars are great performers
840.
by beloch 8y ago
Damn. This guy almost makes it sound like this is as bad as those puck mice from the late nineties[1]. But seriously, if you bought a laptop without trying out the keyboard first, you deserve what you get. No manufacturer has a perfect t

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